Canada authorizes huge war chest for 1941
Parliament approved a 700 million dollar war chest for the fiscal year ending March 31 1941 with authority to borrow portions not raised by taxation. The bill passed third reading in the Commons without dissent and moves to the Senate where royal assent was granted. An opposed amendment for detailed accounting was defeated. The RCAF gains its own act parallel to navy and militia.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Justice O. Crocket
Supreme Court of Canada
Senate Chamber
Hanon
Ralston
Parliament
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Defence
C. G. Power
Department of National Defence
Air
Power
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
C. D. Howe
Arde Council
RB. Hanson
J. L. Ralston
Canadian Air Force Contingent Arrives In United Kingdom
An advance party of No. 112 (City of Winnipeg) army co operation squadron arrived safely in the United Kingdom to act as a reserve for No. 110 (City of Toronto) squadron overseas since February. Squadron Leader W F Hanna led the Winnipeg group from Ottawa. Wing Commander F W Beamsh led No. 112 aboard ship. He stressed squadron discipline and the need to ensure mechanical reliability through ground training before flight.
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Read Air Force
United Mingham
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
No. 112
City of Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Power
City of Toronto
W. F. Hanna
Winnipeg
Wilburn van Vliet
No. 110
F. W. Beam'sh
Royal Air Force
RAF
RCAF
British Air Ministry
Ottawa Proclaims King's Birthday Celebration Date
Ottawa marks June 13 as the King’s birthday holiday but thousands of Canadians will not partake. Workers in war industries continue operations seven days a week, keeping wartime production active.
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Ottawa
Canada
War boosts Canadian newspaper sales amid rising costs
A survey of newspaper circulation across Canada shows a broad rise since the outbreak of war in Europe, with home deliveries growing faster than street sales. The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association notes war coverage and costs have driven the overall increase, especially from May as Germany moved into “total war.”
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Regina
Europe
Canada
Couict
Germany
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association
Defeatism Pose At Banquet Warns Of Democracy’s Danger
Sir Gerald Campbell high commissioner to Canada told Canadian Club banquet defeatism is democracy’s greatest menace. He praised Allied Air Forces noting four German planes down per RAF loss and warned how morale shifts could impact the war effort.
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Gerald Campbell
New York
United Kingdom
Canada
Victor Goggin
United States
British Empire
Gerald
Royal Air Force
Manitoba board passes resolution on national morale and conscription
The Manitoba board of the Retail Merchants Association adopted a resolution urging Canadian conscription of wealth and manpower to bolster national morale and confidence in war efforts. The measure states morale would be enhanced by such conscription.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Retail Merchants’ Association
Sees Danger To US In Ye Olde War Talk
Commander Robert C. Lee of Moore McCormack Steamship lines warned at a Propeller club address that a rising generation in America could be fearful and that delaying conflict would seal doom. He asserted Germans seek Lebensraum and claimed the western hemisphere represents the last golden living room.
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Boston
Robert C. Lee
Moore-McCormack Steamship Lines
Propeller Club
Lee
Western Hemisphere
Rush Planes Sought to Aid Allies in World War I
Major General John F Organ former New York police commissioner urged sending 1,000 American planes with crews to assist the Allies. General O Ryan relayed a cable from Captain Bird in London noting British pilots were driving German forces back and downing aircraft, while lamenting a lack of sufficient planes.
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New York
John F. Organ
121Th Division
American Expeditionery Forces
O'Ryan
Bird
Mith
Loodon
Busings
Ottawa Bombers Aid Seen From U S Ruling
American made bombing planes head toward Britain with U S approval allowing pilots to fly belligerent aircraft over Canadian maritime provinces. Bombers make trans Atlantic hops and refuel at Newfoundland. Planes must land at international borders and be pulled across under neutrality law.
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Ottawa
Britain
Washington
United States
Maritime Provinces
Cordell Hull
Newfoundland
Proper Mail Address For Canadian Navy Members
National Defence Department clarifies how to address mail for officers and men serving with the Canadian navy. Use rank and name followed by co the Fleet Mail Officer HMC Dockyard Halifax NS east coast or HMC Dockyard Esquimalt BC west coast.
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Ottawa
National Defence Department
Naval Service
Canadian Navy
HMC. Dockyard
Halifax
N.S
East Coast
Esquimalt
West Coast
Soldiers Rescued From Sea By Hospital Ship
A British officer and 12 men were rescued at sea from a drifting boat and brought to an English fort by a hospital ship. The group, pressed by advancing German troops and air attacks, swam to reach the drifting craft and found a Dutch sailor dead from machine-gun fire as they hid from planes.
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Joapital
London
Canada to Mobilize All Resources for War Effort
Montreal’s Norman Rogers declares government will mobilize all resources for the Allied war effort. He notes creation of an air ministry to speed airmen training, munitions and supply speedups, naval defense organizing a Canadian corps and a third division, with infantry in a fourth division. Rogers appeals to unity and duty as Canadians rally behind returning veterans.
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Montreal
Norman Rogers
National Defence
Canadian Legion
Defence
Department of Munitions and Supply
Department of Navval Defence
Canaian
Canada
Rogers
Aldershot
Five Year Government Bonds Sold to Banks and Bank of Canada
Ottawa Finance Minister J L Ralston announced the sale of 65 000 five year two percent bonds to chartered banks and the Bank of Canada. The issue priced at 99.375 plus accrued interest costs the government 2.13. Proceeds fund redemption of 80 000 four year bonds due June 1 1940. The issue mirrors the March 1 1940 issue totaling 40 million dollars.
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Bank of Canada
Ottawa
J. L Ralston
Isue
Dominion Treasury
De Valera Announces Dail Backed Defence Conference
In Dail debate Prime Minister De Valera announced a weekly conference on national defence. The Cosgrave and Labor parties will join three government members, three Cosgrave members, and two Labor members. He urged all to be brothers in one holy cause.
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Dublin
de Valera
Dail
Eire
Cosgrave Party
Labor Party
Government
Cosgrave
Labor
Warships To Europe On Route To Strengthen US Navy
Three American warships head for Europe to bolster naval strength in those waters and safeguard American citizens and interests, as Washington says the move doubles U S naval forces in the region.
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Europe
Washington
United States
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Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
France
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